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...attempt was ever made to coordinate the efforts of the various committees, much less to publicize them—a sin whether by omission or intention. The increasing proliferation of administrators and committees (which take away valuable energy from teaching and research) is perhaps a case of too many cooks. But worse still is that each cook was given a different utensil and put incommunicado in a separate room. Few faculty I have spoken with object to serving on committees when their tasks are meaningful; but when it becomes obvious that the administration hopes only for committee members to rubber...
...April 27 proprietors Steve and Isabel Darwin opened the new shop at 1629 Cambridge St.—right across from the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. According to veteran Darwin’s cook Russ Cowen, business has been good from...
...can’t cook, pay bills, or negotiate rent...
...English has been adding Maori words to its lexicon since Captain Cook noted that fortified Maori villages were called pa. British settlers readily adopted Maori names for indigenous animals and plants, from kakapo birds to kauri pines. But the use of Maori words has surged in the past 15 years as te reo schools have multiplied and Maori activists gained clout. Terms like kaumatua (tribal elder) and taonga (cultural treasures) have come into play because they express concepts for which there's no English equivalent, says Macalister. But some words have been picked up because they're more economical than...
...Moyo's experience, however, Inniss's honesty and modesty are both rare. While rounding up volunteers for Real Men Cook, Moyo has often found himself mired in bragging sessions as though cooking were a competitive sport. "A lot of these guys will say flat out that they cook better than their wives," he reports. Moyo likes to tell them, "After you finish your years trying to slam-dunk on the basketball court, you can do the same thing with meatballs...